Shloka 28

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

अभिसृत्य परीप्सार्थ ततस्ते धृतवर्मण: । परिवत्रुर्गुडाकेशं तत्राक्रुद्धादू धनंजय:,धृतवर्माकी रक्षाके लिये सहसा आक्रमण करके त्रिगर्तोने गुडाकेश अर्जुनको जब सब ओरसे घेर लिया, तब उन्हें बड़ा क्रोध हुआ

Transliteration

abhisṛtya parīpsārthaṃ tatas te dhṛtavarmaṇaḥ | parivavruḥ guḍākeśaṃ tatrākruddho dhanañjayaḥ ||

Translation

তারপর ধৃতবর্মার পক্ষ নিয়ে তাকে ধরার অভিপ্রায়ে তারা ধেয়ে এসে গুড়াকেশ (অর্জুন)কে চারদিক থেকে ঘিরে ফেলল; তখন ধনঞ্জয় প্রবল ক্রোধে জ্বলে উঠলেন।

Word by Word

अभिसृत्यhaving rushed/approached

परीप्सार्थम्for the sake of protection/guarding

ततःthen/thereupon

तेthey

धृतवर्मणःof Dhṛtavarman

परिवव्रुःsurrounded/encircled

गुडाकेशम्Guḍākeśa (Arjuna)

तत्रthere

अक्रुद्धात्from (being) unangered; from calmness

धनंजयःDhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Dhṛtavarman

Guḍākeśa (Arjuna)

Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in action: when a protector is threatened and a duty-bound mission is obstructed, decisive force may arise as righteous anger—not mere personal rage, but a response aimed at safeguarding responsibility and restoring order in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtavarman’s side rushes in with the intent to seize Arjuna and surrounds him from all directions. Arjuna (Guḍākeśa/Dhanañjaya), seeing the encirclement, becomes intensely angry and prepares to respond.